Hooray for quasiÂ palindromeÂ dates! Okay so today is dedicated purely to writing Adventure Time stuff. I mean, after writing up OTP. Weirdly that doesn’t seem to sap my energy for fiction the way that writing up stuff I actually get paid for does.

Guide to this year’s crop of 3D printersIs this the year that you will buy a 3D printer? I am saying yes to…4 of you. The rest of us will be waiting until there’s an odd lull in our periodic computer purchases, we come into a few thousand bucks unexpectedly or these things drop under $500. Still, here’s a good survey of what $500 will buy you 2-3 years from now.via Boing BoingÂ http://boingboing.netJanuary 29, 2013 at 05:27PM– – – – –

“You donâ€™t have to be a qualified pilot â€¦ The person could come from a modelling background, or…”I think one of the reasons “drones asÂ surveillanceÂ state” bores the fuck out of me, besides that it’s like number 7 on the list ofÂ surveillanceÂ state-y things to worry about, is that there are so many more weird and genuinely disturbing aspects to drones. It goes against the internet talking head narrative that more access always = better but I’m kinda more disturbed by the fact that anybody can how fly an (albiet fairly small) plane around and into whatever they would like than that GASP people can have cameras.Â via The New AestheticÂ http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/January 29, 2013 at 01:01PM– – – – –

Game of tag has been going for 23 yearsI now realize just how much I’ve given up on my dreams. I could have been the person in this story and it hurts all the more because all it would have taken was more commitment to the bit.via kottke.orgÂ http://kottke.org/January 29, 2013 at 10:58AM– – – – –

Lotus 1-2-3 is 30 years oldSpreadsheet programs and I are rough contemporaries. That goes for most of the people that subscribe to this list. I don’t really know how that should make you feel besides weirded out.via kottke.orgÂ http://kottke.org/January 29, 2013 at 08:05AM– – – – –